Gas Prices

[El_Phil]

Bloody hell, petrol gets a bit more expensive and suddenly the world has ended. There is still decades of oil, at least, left. What's next? We're all going to have to live 'Fallout' style?

Horses are not the future, at all. I doubt anyone bar those hores farmers family actually get fed from the food they make. Even then it requires someone, somewhere, to do a real job to buy that food from the farmer.

It's a nice story, but even mechanised farming is very hard work, during harvest and planting time at least. For a horse farmer it'll be back breaking, or you're farming bugger all land.

You hire head-hunters so you don't hire an internal HR goon to do it. If the firm goes down the pan, there is no pension. OSHA is an evil invention, its just about paperwork nothing else.

[Xrati]

El_Phil says: "OSHA is an evil invention, its just about paperwork nothing else." Good point. I agree!

El_Phil says: "There is still decades of oil, at least, left." So you have a gauge that lets you know how much we have left? Oil consumption is growing exponentially, we will continue to use more oil then we can produce. With all the uses for oil products we need to find another source for transportation. Are we going to end up waiting for the last drop of oil to be pumped from this planet before we look for an alternate source? It's a win, win situation to get away from oil. While we may never see the end of oil use in our life there is only so much left in the entire world!

[El_Phil]

I'm not saying keep going till it runs out, but equally don't luck at misleading solutions. Farming with horses is nice for local TV items, but it's not a serious idea.

Oh there are decades of oil, for a given value of oil. If you include coal to oil plants and oil shale/sands (which I know are pricey, although perhaps not now compared to $70/barrel) then that exponentialy increases oil stocks.

[Atrocities]

Steam power - nuff said.

[El_Phil]

But what's powering the steam engine? Coal! But we've only got lots of coal, so it'll run out and we'll all die slowly and painfully unless we all become vegans and have solar powered Sinclar C5s!

[Xrati]

LOL I've just realized that this thread is starting to resemble that "Monty Python" episode about a Department of Argument!!! (something along those lines)

I think 'nuff said" covers it. Well just have to solve all the worlds problems some other time. Till then "Hi Ho Silver!"

[Atrocities]

"But what powers the steam engine?"

Presto Logs!

[El_Phil]

Xrati said:
LOL I've just realized that this thread is starting to resemble that "Monty Python" episode about a Department of Argument!!! (something along those lines)

I think 'nuff said" covers it. Well just have to solve all the worlds problems some other time. Till then "Hi Ho Silver!"

"And away!"